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    • WHO chief expresses alarm over COVID-19 infection rate

      WHO chief expresses alarm over COVID-19 infection rate

      The number of new coronavirus cases per week has nearly doubled globally over the past two months, approaching the highest rate seen so far during the pandemic.

      'Situation is extremely challenging' »
      • FedEx gunman ID'd as 19-year-old Brandon Scott Hole

        FedEx gunman ID'd as 19-year-old Brandon Scott Hole

      • Search continues for 12 missing in La. shipwreck

        Search continues for 12 missing in La. shipwreck

      • Chauvin trial leaves police officers feeling disillusioned

        Chauvin trial leaves police officers feeling disillusioned

      • Rep. Waters tells Rep. Jordan 'shut your mouth' in hearing

        Rep. Waters tells Rep. Jordan 'shut your mouth' in hearing

      • Pfizer CEO: COVID booster likely needed within a year

        Pfizer CEO: COVID booster likely needed within a year

    • Spain acquits man of sexually abusing 14-year-old stepdaughter who gave birth to his child
      World
      The Telegraph

      Spain acquits man of sexually abusing 14-year-old stepdaughter who gave birth to his child

      A Spanish court has provoked outrage by acquitting a man of sexually abusing his 14-year-old stepdaughter despite the fact she gave birth to his child. The Pamplona court accepted the defendant's claim that the teenager had sat astride him while he was asleep on the sofa and engaged in penetrative sex. The girl's mother reported the father for alleged sexual abuse of her daughter, who initially said she had been raped in the street before changing her story to corroborate her stepfather's claim that he had not been conscious when they had sex.

    • Beijing warns US, Japan against collusion vs China
      World
      Associated Press

      Beijing warns US, Japan against collusion vs China

      China said Friday it has expressed “serious concerns” to the United States and Japan over what it calls negative moves and collusion between the two countries against China. The statement from Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian came just before President Joe Biden welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to the White House on Friday in his first face-to-face meeting with a foreign leader. That meeting is seen as reflecting Biden's emphasis on strengthening alliances to deal with a more assertive China and other global challenges.

      • Japan's Suga comes to US for China-focused talks with Biden
        Japan's Suga comes to US for China-focused talks with Biden
        Associated Press
      • Japan's Suga visits for Biden's first White House summit; China tops agenda
        Japan's Suga visits for Biden's first White House summit; China tops agenda
        Reuters
    • J&J scientists refute 'class effect' to blame for clots in those who got its COVID-19 vaccine
      Health
      Reuters

      J&J scientists refute 'class effect' to blame for clots in those who got its COVID-19 vaccine

      Scientists at Johnson & Johnson on Friday refuted an assertion in a major medical journal that the adenovirus-based design of their COVID-19 vaccine, which is similar AstraZeneca's, may explain why both have been linked to very rare brain blood clots in some vaccine recipients. The United States earlier this week paused distribution of the J&J vaccine to investigate six cases of a rare brain blood clot known as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), accompanied by a low blood platelet count, in U.S. women under age 50, out of about 7 million people who got the shot. The blood clots in patients who received the J&J vaccine bear close resemblance to 169 cases in Europe reported with the AstraZeneca vaccine, out of 34 million doses administered there.

      • Coronavirus update: J&J vaccine pause remains, Oxford studies blood clots and COVID-19 vaccines
        Coronavirus update: J&J vaccine pause remains, Oxford studies blood clots and COVID-19 vaccines
        Yahoo Finance
      • America is about to hit a 'vaccine wall' as demand drops — with or without Johnson & Johnson
        America is about to hit a 'vaccine wall' as demand drops — with or without Johnson & Johnson
        Yahoo News
    • Bronx Man Arrested For Hate Crime Against Asian Woman
      U.S.
      NextShark

      Bronx Man Arrested For Hate Crime Against Asian Woman

      A Bronx man has been arrested for allegedly harassing a 25-year-old Asian woman in Manhattan. Daniel Negroni, 31, is accused of targeting the unnamed victim in Sutton Place around 1 p.m. on Tuesday, according to WLNY. The woman reported that Negroni approached her and made anti-Asian comments as she was out on First Avenue and 57th Street on the East Side.

    • Israel says it will 'definitely' stop Iran from getting bomb
      World
      Associated Press

      Israel says it will 'definitely' stop Iran from getting bomb

      Israel's foreign minister said Friday that his country was determined to stop Iran from building a nuclear weapon, after Tehran promised to step up its uranium enrichment process. “We will do whatever it takes to prevent the extremists (in Iran) from succeeding, and definitely will prevent this regime from having a nuclear weapon,” Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi told reporters on a visit to Cyprus. Iranian officials say the country will begin enriching uranium up to 60% purity following an attack on its nuclear facility at Natanz, in central Iran, on Sunday, that it blamed on Israel.

      • Iran starts enriching uranium to 60%, its highest level ever
        Iran starts enriching uranium to 60%, its highest level ever
        Associated Press
      • Iran, world powers resume nuclear talks amid strains over enrichment, Natanz attack
        Iran, world powers resume nuclear talks amid strains over enrichment, Natanz attack
        Reuters
    • Johnson & Johnson asked rival COVID-19 vaccine makers to probe clotting risks - WSJ
      U.S.
      Reuters

      Johnson & Johnson asked rival COVID-19 vaccine makers to probe clotting risks - WSJ

      Johnson & Johnson had reached out to rival COVID-19 vaccine makers to join in an effort to study the risks of blood clots, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. AstraZeneca, which had been buffeted by similar blood-clotting concerns for weeks, agreed, while Pfizer Inc and Moderna executive declined, saying their vaccines appeared safe, the report said. https://on.wsj.com/2Q7E4Ho) The U.S. federal health agencies had on Tuesday recommended pausing use of Johnson & Johnson's vaccine for at least a few days after six women under the age of 50 developed rare blood clots after receiving the shot.

      • Coronavirus update: J&J vaccine pause remains, Oxford studies blood clots and COVID-19 vaccines
        Coronavirus update: J&J vaccine pause remains, Oxford studies blood clots and COVID-19 vaccines
        Yahoo Finance
      • 'You will be just fine,' says surgeon general of Johnson & Johnson vaccine, though pause continues
        'You will be just fine,' says surgeon general of Johnson & Johnson vaccine, though pause continues
        Yahoo News
    • New blast at St. Vincent volcano; cruise ship helps evacuees
      World
      Associated Press

      New blast at St. Vincent volcano; cruise ship helps evacuees

      La Soufriere volcano shot out another explosive burst of gas and ash on Friday as a cruise ship arrived to evacuate some of the foreigners who had been stuck on a St. Vincent island coated in ash from a week of violent eruptions. Friday morning's blast “wasn't a big explosion compared to the ones that we last weekend, but it was big enough to punch a hole through the clouds," said Richard Robertson, lead scientist at the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Center, in an interview with local NBC radio. During a comparable eruption cycle in 1902, explosive eruptions continued to shake the island for months after an initial burst killed some 1,700 people, though the new eruptions so far have caused no reported deaths among a population that had received official warning a day earlier that danger was imminent.

      • St Vincent fears COVID-19 outbreak with volcano evacuations
        St Vincent fears COVID-19 outbreak with volcano evacuations
        Associated Press
      • St Vincent volcano: UN warns humanitarian crisis will last months
        St Vincent volcano: UN warns humanitarian crisis will last months
        BBC
    • ‘Alarm is growing’: Michigan governor faces shutdown dilemma as Covid cases rise
      Politics
      The Guardian

      ‘Alarm is growing’: Michigan governor faces shutdown dilemma as Covid cases rise

      The coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions that Michigan's governor, Gretchen Whitmer, enacted in March last year were among the nation's toughest, and the governor's leadership is thought to have saved lives. Now, as Michigan faces another surge of cases and hospitalizations, its worst yet, Whitmer has changed tack. Despite past success and growing calls for another lockdown from public health experts, and doctors managing hospitals with Covid patients, the governor is resisting further restrictions, and is instead largely relying on a vaccination rollout and a voluntary suspension of in-person dining services.

      • Michigan governor talks about spring surge of COVID cases in her state
        Michigan governor talks about spring surge of COVID cases in her state
        ABC News Videos
      • Gretchen Whitmer Resists Biden Administration on Coronavirus Lockdowns
        Gretchen Whitmer Resists Biden Administration on Coronavirus Lockdowns
        National Review
    • Officials: 2nd dead worker from capsized boat found in Gulf
      U.S.
      Associated Press

      Officials: 2nd dead worker from capsized boat found in Gulf

      The body of a second dead worker from a lift boat that capsized earlier this week was found about 33 miles from the overturned ship Friday, according to a coroner and the family member of one of the missing workers. Rescuers in the air and the sea have been searching for the workers who were aboard the vessel when it overturned Tuesday in rough weather about 8 miles (13 kilometers) from the Louisiana coast. Lafourche Parish Coroner John King told The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate that a second body had been found but he was not releasing the name of the person.

      • Loved ones wait for missing from capsized boat
        Loved ones wait for missing from capsized boat
        Associated Press Videos
      • Families of boat workers clinging to hope
        Families of boat workers clinging to hope
        Associated Press Videos
    • The 9 Best Wireless Headphones for Every Kind of Use
      Lifestyle
      Architectural Digest

      The 9 Best Wireless Headphones for Every Kind of Use

      From the most comfortable pair to the best value buy, these headphones will carry you through the spring, summer, and beyond Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

    • EU post-Brexit imports from UK halve in Jan-Feb, trade surplus rises
      World
      Reuters

      EU post-Brexit imports from UK halve in Jan-Feb, trade surplus rises

      The European Union's imports from Britain almost halved in the first two months of the year following the UK exit from the EU single market, data showed on Friday, and the 27-nation bloc's trade surplus with Britain rose as exports fell by less. The European Union's statistics office Eurostat said EU imports from Britain dropped 47.0% year-on-year in January-February to 16.6 billion euros ($19.9 billion) while exports to the United Kingdom declined only 20.2% to 39.8 billion euros.

    • World
      Yahoo News Video

      Daunte Wright's mother calls for accountability

      On Thursday, Katie Wright, the mother of Daunte Wright, the 20-year-old Black man shot and killed by police in Brooklyn Center, Minn. expressed her grief and called for accountability for her son's death.

    • ‘Godzilla Shark’ with 12 rows of teeth now has an official name — inspired by dragons
      Science
      Kansas City Star

      ‘Godzilla Shark’ with 12 rows of teeth now has an official name — inspired by dragons

      A graduate student pierced a pocket knife through shaley limestones in New Mexico, not expecting to find much. That student — John-Paul Hodnett — was part of a group of researchers learning about fossils of Pennsylvanian Period plants and animals in 2013. He had only found fragments of plants and fish scales up to that point, and the group was about to leave the site when Hodnett found something different.

    • US set to sanction a dozen Russian individuals, 24 entities for influencing the 2020 election, SolarWinds hack
      Politics
      Business Insider

      US set to sanction a dozen Russian individuals, 24 entities for influencing the 2020 election, SolarWinds hack

      The Biden administration is set to sanction Russian intelligence officials over attempts to influence the 2020 election. Russian officials and entities could also be sanctioned for misconduct, including the SolarWinds hack. The sanctions may be announced this week, just days after Biden and Putin last spoke on Tuesday.

      • Biden White House unveils new sanctions in response to Russian aggression
        Biden White House unveils new sanctions in response to Russian aggression
        Yahoo News
      • Biden imposes new sanctions on Russia in response to 2020 election interference
        Biden imposes new sanctions on Russia in response to 2020 election interference
        Yahoo News Video
    • A week after she was found in a Florida Keys swimming pool, Georgia toddler dies
      U.S.
      The State

      A week after she was found in a Florida Keys swimming pool, Georgia toddler dies

      A 2-year-old Georgia girl died Thursday, almost a week after she was found unresponsive in the swimming pool of the Florida Keys vacation rental home in which she and her family were staying. Leland Rudeen's family released a statement on Facebook Thursday saying that she had died a day after undergoing an MRI at Nicklaus Children's Hospital near South Miami. “Shortly after the devastating MRI results, as we were trying to wrap our head around some hard decisions ahead of us, Leland took the choice out of our hands and started her painless decline,” the statement reads.

    • Cuba's Raul Castro is stepping down, ending more than half a century of Castro rule over the island
      World
      Business Insider

      Cuba's Raul Castro is stepping down, ending more than half a century of Castro rule over the island

      Raul Castro is set to step down as the head of the Communist Party of Cuba. This will mark an end to over 60 years of Castro rule over Cuba. President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Castro's protege, is set to become the new leader.

      • Raul Castro confirms he's resigning, ending long era in Cuba
        Raul Castro confirms he's resigning, ending long era in Cuba
        Associated Press
      • A retiring Castro to bring younger face to Cuba's communists
        A retiring Castro to bring younger face to Cuba's communists
        Associated Press
    • Carbon Mapper satellite network to find super-emitters
      Science
      BBC

      Carbon Mapper satellite network to find super-emitters

      A constellation of satellites will be flown this decade to try to pinpoint significant releases of climate-changing gases, in particular carbon dioxide and methane. The initiative is being led by an American non-profit organisation called Carbon Mapper. It will use technology developed by the US space agency over the past decade.

    • Lawyer for the police officer who shot Adam Toledo complained that people hadn't asked how his client was doing
      U.S.
      INSIDER

      Lawyer for the police officer who shot Adam Toledo complained that people hadn't asked how his client was doing

      Eric Stillman fatally shot the 13-year-old Adam Toledo in Chicago on March 29. A lawyer for the police officer who fatally shot the 13-year-old Adam Toledo in Chicago has complained that few people have asked how his client is doing. The lawyer for Eric Stillman said in a statement quoted by The Daily Beast: "What is amazing and disheartening is that very few have asked about the welfare of the officer."

      • Chicago Releases Video Of Police Fatally Shooting 13-Year-Old Adam Toledo
        Chicago Releases Video Of Police Fatally Shooting 13-Year-Old Adam Toledo
        HuffPost
      • Chicago releases video of fatal police shooting of 13-year-old boy
        Chicago releases video of fatal police shooting of 13-year-old boy
        Yahoo News Video
    • AOC ignores Marjorie Taylor Greene’s incessant Twitter pleas for a public ‘head to head’
      Politics
      The Independent

      AOC ignores Marjorie Taylor Greene’s incessant Twitter pleas for a public ‘head to head’

      Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has ignored Marjorie Taylor Greene's public challenge to debate the green new deal after the Republican lawmaker sent a series of tweets. Ms Greene, known for her controversial views against the climate crisis, challenged Ms Ocasio-Cortez after her comment on President Joe Biden's recent $2 trillion climate-focused infrastructure package, calling it “disappointing” and not enough. Ms Greene on Wednesday wrote in a series of tweets tagging AOC: "I'd like to challenge you to a debate on the Green New Deal economic policy.

    • Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney, and other GOP lawmakers who criticized Trump or voted to impeach him have spent tens of thousands of dollars on private security
      Politics
      Business Insider

      Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney, and other GOP lawmakers who criticized Trump or voted to impeach him have spent tens of thousands of dollars on private security

      Lawmakers who criticized Trump or voted to impeach him spent thousands to improve personal security after the Capitol attack. Republicans including Mitt Romney and Liz Cheney beefed up their security, per Punchbowl News. Prominent lawmakers spent tens of thousands of dollars on private security guards and other protection following the Capitol riots, a Punchbowl News analysis of campaign finance records shows.

      • Liz Cheney's Answer On If She'd Ever Vote For Trump Stumps Fox News Anchor
        Liz Cheney's Answer On If She'd Ever Vote For Trump Stumps Fox News Anchor
        HuffPost
      • Romney, Cheney, and other Trump critics spend 'tens of thousands' on security after Capitol riot
        Romney, Cheney, and other Trump critics spend 'tens of thousands' on security after Capitol riot
        The Week
    • Republicans say less than 6% of Biden's plan is traditional infrastructure. BofA says it's more like half.
      Business
      Business Insider

      Republicans say less than 6% of Biden's plan is traditional infrastructure. BofA says it's more like half.

      Bank of America says about half of Biden's infrastructure plan is traditional, or physical, infrastructure. This contrasts with the GOP argument that less than 6% of Biden's plan goes to roads and bridges. The bank added that nontraditional infrastructure will take longer to prompt economic growth.

      • Infrastructure? Or jobs? Controversy over name of Biden proposal highlights long tradition in politics
        Infrastructure? Or jobs? Controversy over name of Biden proposal highlights long tradition in politics
        The Conversation
      • Senate Republicans are drafting their own infrastructure plan and want to tax people for it, not corporations
        Senate Republicans are drafting their own infrastructure plan and want to tax people for it, not corporations
        Business Insider
    • Mesh mask lands Capitol riot defendant in hot water with judge
      U.S.
      Politico

      Mesh mask lands Capitol riot defendant in hot water with judge

      A federal judge is demanding that a Pennsylvania woman arrested for her alleged role in the Capitol riot, Rachel Powell, explain why a video of her circulating online shows her wearing a porous, mesh mask despite another judge's order to comply with Covid mask requirements while she awaits trial. U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth said Powell's decision to wear the obviously noncompliant mask “mocks” the initial requirement decreed by the court's chief judge, Beryl Howell, soon after Powell's release in February. Defendant must wear a mask whenever she leaves her residence,” Howell ruled at the time.

    • Adam Toledo shooting – latest: Further protests expected today as AOC says prosecutor lied about about killing
      U.S.
      The Independent

      Adam Toledo shooting – latest: Further protests expected today as AOC says prosecutor lied about about killing

      Chicago is bracing for further protests on Friday after officials released a graphic body-camera video showing police officer Eric Stillman shooting and killing a 13-year-old boy as he appeared to be raising his hands. The nine-minute video from Mr Stillman's body camera showed the 34-year-old officer running after Adam Toledo in an alley at 2.30am on 29 March in Little Village, a Mexican neighbourhood on the city's West Side. The officer yells “Stop” to Toledo, who begins raising his hands less than a second before the officer fires his gun and kills him.

      • Chicago releases video of fatal police shooting of 13-year-old boy
        Chicago releases video of fatal police shooting of 13-year-old boy
        Yahoo News Video
      • Don Lemon defends officer in Adam Toledo shooting: 'Not all police shootings are the same'
        Don Lemon defends officer in Adam Toledo shooting: 'Not all police shootings are the same'
        Yahoo TV
    • Letters: Cheers on election bipartisanship. Jeers for corrupt open records changes.
      U.S.
      Lexington Herald-Leader

      Letters: Cheers on election bipartisanship. Jeers for corrupt open records changes.

      Employees, whether working in person or remotely, used infrastructure to do their jobs. If Senator McConnell can identify a single corporation that uses no infrastructure, I'd be glad to excuse that corporation from paying for upgrades. But to suggest that corporations don't use infrastructure is disingenuous, to say the least.

    • GOP Reps. Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene were the only 'no' votes on a bill reauthorizing the National Marrow Donor Program
      Politics
      Business Insider

      GOP Reps. Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene were the only 'no' votes on a bill reauthorizing the National Marrow Donor Program

      GOP Reps. Greene and Boebert voted against a bill that would renew the National Marrow Donor Program. "Nothing in this bill prevents the funding of aborted fetal tissue," a spokesman for Greene said. GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Lauren Boebert of Colorado were the only members of Congress to vote against a bill that would provide patients who suffer from leukemia or other blood diseases access to potentially life-saving bone marrow transplants.

      • ‘Comically evil’: Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert cause outrage by voting against bone marrow donor program
        ‘Comically evil’: Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert cause outrage by voting against bone marrow donor program
        The Independent
      • Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert are lone lawmakers to vote against National Marrow Donor Program
        Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert are lone lawmakers to vote against National Marrow Donor Program
        The Week
    Companies speak out on voting rights
    • “There’s no ‘both sides of the debate’ when it comes to active voter suppression.”

    • “Companies that do this ooze contempt for their own customers and employees who are not in the leftmost quarter of opinion.”

    • “The truth is that Fortune 500 companies were never taking moral stances from the goodness of their corporate hearts.”

    • “The truth is, the companies hold the cards…If companies stick to their guns, Georgia is likely to back down as well.”

    • “When a company folds to the unfounded outrage of a few misinformed nuts, they are forever at the mob’s beck-and-call.”

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